St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-26
GRAIN SHIPMENT.

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Proposed constitutional Amend
ment 10 Give the Legislature
Power TO Regulate Rates.
Two more bills, as recommend by the
! last railroad and warehouse commission,
were introduced by Senator Goodrich yes
terday. one being proposed constitutional
amendment to give the legislature the COM
I plete right to alter and revise railroad rates.
and the other being IAN act to regulate the
/ furnishing of cars and the shipment of car
load lots of freight The proposed consti-
| tutional amendment. which has never pre-
viouSly been referred to. reads:
! A railroad corporation mag establish for its
sole benefit fares. tolls and charges upon all
passengers and property conveyed or trans
ported on its railroad. at such rates as may
be determined By its directors and may from
time to time. by its directors, regulate the
use of its road; but such fares, tolls and
charges, and such regulations, shall at all
times be subject TO revision and alteration by
the legislature of this state, or by such officers
or persons as it may appoint for the purpose,
anything in the charter of a railroad corpora
( ton to the contrary Notwithstanding.
The furnishing OF cars bill is a short one
of three sections. requiring railroads to fur
nish cars for carload lots from sidetracks
upon demand, for charge each of not to
! exceed IS. It contains the usual phrase
/ against discrimination and will compel the
railroad officials to keep complete register
! of all cars furnished and the person to
whom they are furnished, the freight to be
shipped promptly and at reasonable rates.
and in controversies in regard to the fur
nishing of cars the burden of proof to rest
upon the railroad company.
Another bill providing for warehouses
upon rights of way which was only sug
gested by the commission owing to the suit
pending against the Chicago, Minneapolis
u St. Paul road, was introduced by Senator
Goodrich. Its main object is to make the
elevators public and TO have them kept open
during business hours. Their location
upon any line of railroad is to be permitted
at reasonably safe distance from the main
tracks without regard to the size or capacity
of the warehouse.
Senator Whiteman's amendment to chap
ter IA of the general laws Of 1885, relating
to warehouse inspection and the weighing
and handling OF gain, requires some eXpla-
nation. Duluth, according to the senator,
stores about 1000, 600 bushels of wheat
upon a banking capital of about 81, 900, 000.
1t is consequently necessary to borrow
enough money to secure the balance over
what the 81. 900, 600 will do. AS the law
stands, the shipper must deliver the Origi-
nal receipt when he ships lot of wheat or
put out another receipt of equal date. by
which process the shipper is compelled to
pay half cent per buShel storage This
very often tediouSly delays shipping two or
three days, and the loss occasioned by such
a delay Is best appreciated by the party
handling the grain. The object of the bill
is. therefore, to provide for collateral re-
ceipts, and when the original receipts are
returned to replace the collateral with them.
This will save the delay as well as the adj
ditional cost of storage.
Conclusions of the Committees.
The committee on agriculture considered
three important measures yesterday. The
boiler inspection bill was discussed and
some degree of warmth was exhibited
! Mr.. Estes. the chairman of the committee,
asserted that the department had been con-
! Quoted in the interest of a certain boiler
manufacturing firm. and that it should be
! thoroughly overloaded and the present syS-
TEN changed. 1t was finally agreed that
| the boiler inspector and the boiler manu-
facturers be asked to submit bills, from
which one covering the important points
could be drafted.
The committee agreed to report favorably
the bill appr0priating S24, 600 to pay the
j expenses of farmers Institutes in the vari-
ous counties. The bill was drafted bv
MeSsrs Estes and Hoard.
Reese's bill IN regard to meat inspection
was considered and excited considerable
adverse comment The opinion was ex-
pressed that if the bill became a law,
farmer who killed a calf for his own use
would be compelled to have it inspected.
If favorable report is made on the bill it
will have to be considerably mondifed
The grain and warehouse committee held
a long session last night, at which the
various bills which had been referred were
discussed. No action was taken, however.
A. B. Robbins on behalf of the elevator
men, made a lengthy presentation of the
case. The questions of compelling the
railroad companies to furnish cars and to
( insure grain in elevators were considered
without arriving at any conclusions.
! The special committee on logs and BOOM
age at its meeting last night heard argu-
ments from Minneapolis and Saltwater
lumbermen as to benefits or the dement's
of the senate bill cutting down the sealing
prices from 5 to 3 cents. Mr.. Nelson, on
the part of Minneapolis lumbermen, pre-
sented number of petitions urging that
the reductions be made. Col. Merriman
opposed the reduction. as did l.. Conrad
Day. f. c. Whitney. n. G. Layton. Mr..
Richardson, of the Diamond Mill company.
and Others Maj. Hale. of the Washburn
/ Mill company, wanted the reduction made.
Maj. Hale. of the Saltwater lumbermen.
advocated the reduction. although Surveyor
General Hospes and Matt Clark opposed it.
! Duluth also opposed il. The committee
refused to take any action, but will meet
again later in the week. The bill will
probably be indefinitely postponed.
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! five hours last night. The Lee bill. for the
taxation of the gross earnings OF express
companies. 3 per cent. per annum. was
laid over one week to permit Col Clough to
send to New York for papers which he
wished to present to the committee. The
Donnely, Reyes and Lee bills were then
taken up. The Donnelly bill was then
! taken up. making the interest rate
per cent instead of 10, and instead of {.
The Lee and Keyes bills are and per
cent, but Lees bill forfeits double the rate
of interest for usury. Donnellys bill for
fets interest and principal and cuts off all
commission. Messrs. E. j. Hodgson. Van
Norman, Kelly and Benton. alleged to rep
resent $12.000,000 worth of farm
mortgages in the state. appeared
to oppose the bill. They conceded
that money was loaned in ST. Paul at per
cent. ol ihoi tSdStS anu per cent. on farms
i'll Southern Minnesota, but they wished
the rate of interest still kept I'D in North
ern Minnesota. and their commissions re-
tanned. Mr., Donnelly said the bill was not
aimed at them, but the usury cormorahts of
the frontier. The committee adjourned
/ without action.
Hooked and Landed.
Representative Reyes is going to abandon
ha mfr nf oil
He told the GLOBE representative so yester-
day. He said he did not thoroughly under